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Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Sep 29, 2021

COVID-19 pandemic pushes Chinese tech giants to roll out more courier robots

More than a thousand courier robots are set to join the delivery personnel ranks over the next year as the pandemic fuels demand for contactless services.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / NBA
Sep 29, 2021

Unvaccinated NBA players to face extensive COVID-19 curbs

Unvaccinated players will have to undergo daily testing prior to entering a team facility, participating in team-organized activities, or interacting with other players and coaches.
Japan Times
SOCCER / J. League
Sep 29, 2021

J. League prepares for larger crowds as emergency ends

The league will use several games next month, potentially including the Oct. 30 Levain Cup final at Saitama Stadium, to trial new policies allowing for more vaccinated fans to attend games.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 29, 2021

WATCH LIVE: What to look out for in Japan's ruling party leadership vote

The Liberal Democratic Party votes for a new leader in an unusually unpredictable tussle that will essentially decide the No. 3 economy's next prime minister.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 28, 2021

The right war for the U.S. and China

Unlike the U.S., China is not initiating futile arms races, which will increase environmental damage and divert funding away from climate change mitigation efforts.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / ANALYSIS
Sep 28, 2021

Left or right, German election leaves investors braced for more spending

Prospects for increased German spending come as European Union budget rules are under review.
Japan Times
SUMO
Sep 27, 2021

Hakuho, sumo's record-setting yokozuna, to retire

The 36-year-old Mongolia-born wrestler had been considering retirement after failing to recover from a knee injury that has kept him out of tournaments in recent years.
Japan Times
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Sep 27, 2021

What you need to know about the not-so-fairy tale of Princess Mako

The wedding between the princess and Kei Komuro was originally scheduled to take place in November 2018. But things did not go as planned.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 26, 2021

Tapering doesn’t mean tightening for central bank money printers

In recent weeks, the U.S. Federal Reserve signaled it will start paring its massive bond-buying as soon as November and the Bank of England hinted that it may raise interest rates this year.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 26, 2021

Can Xi end China’s 'Gilded Age'?

High-stakes graft has exploded in China as politically connected capitalists ply politicians with lavish bribes in exchange for lucrative privileges.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Sep 26, 2021

A nation transformed during 16 years of Merkel begins to move on

A broad and contented middle class is one facet of Merkel's Germany that has been central to her longevity and her ability to deliver on a core promise of stability.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Sep 26, 2021

How to recognize and manage seasonal affective disorder

For some, the shift from summer to winter can herald a period of depression known as seasonal affective disorder. Be sure to take proactive steps to maintain your mental health.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Sep 26, 2021

More ‘murder hornets’ are on the loose in Washington state

Entomologists in Washington state have so far this year destroyed two nests of the Asian giant hornet — nicknamed the "murder hornet” — and are planning to eradicate another nest as they try to wipe out the insects, an invasive species that can massacre honeybees and that first appeared in the...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Sep 25, 2021

Supersonic hits quiet mode on its summer party

The two-day music festival had crowds dancing at Zozo Marine Stadium with foreign and domestic acts despite pandemic-related obstacles.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Sep 24, 2021

Trump allies Bannon and Meadows subpoenaed in probe of Capitol riot

The chairman of the House of Representatives committee investigating the deadly Jan. 6 riot said Meadows was reportedly in communication with organizers of the riot.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Sep 23, 2021

Melvin Van Peebles, champion of new Black cinema, dies at 89

A fertile creative force, he wrote fiction and musicals but is best known for a breakthrough movie that heralded the genre known as blaxploitation.
Japan Times
WORLD / ANALYSIS
Sep 23, 2021

As Amazon destruction continues, Brazil faces future of floods and drought

The disastrous mix of floods, drought and intense downpours could be a glimpse of a potentially dire future.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 23, 2021

Homophobes and autocrats: Dictators depend on order

Dictators maintain their positions by controlling as many aspects of life in the country as they can, including defining exactly how people should behave.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 23, 2021

India is in need of climate-adaptation investment

Even if India achieves its Paris accord targets and adopts measures to help keep global warming to 1.5 C, its carbon emissions in 2030 could still be about 90% higher than in 2015.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Sep 23, 2021

How the child care crisis became a global economic fiasco

Child care issues have driven a workforce gender gap for decades. The pandemic has made it undeniably worse.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 23, 2021

Worsening chip shortage to cost automakers $210 billion in sales

A dire forecast from AlixPartners says global automakers will build 7.7 million fewer vehicles due to the chip crisis this year.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Sep 23, 2021

U.S. will require athletes to be fully vaccinated in order to compete at Beijing Games

A letter written by USOPC CEO Sarah Hirshland says the requirement 'will also apply to our full Team USA delegation at future Olympic and Paralympic Games.'
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 22, 2021

China's overseas coal power retreat could wipe out $50 billion in investment

Xi Jinping has promised to 'strictly control' new domestic coal power capacity from 2021 to 2025, but China won't begin reducing consumption until 2026.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / EXPLAINER
Sep 22, 2021

The LDP's secretary-general: A combination of CEO and diplomat

The LDP presidential race has put renewed focus on the powerful position, with various party heavyweights looking to get rid of the long-standing incumbent.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music / Sound Off
Sep 22, 2021

How do you deflect a controversy? Keigo Oyamada blames the media.

Musician Keigo Oyamada cries foul over how he was portrayed in a pair of magazine articles that ended up causing him a job at the Tokyo Olympics.
Taiwan stuns Samurai Japan to capture Premier12 title
Japan starter Shosei Togo reacts after allowing a three-run home run against Taiwan in the fifth inning of the Premier12 final on Sunday.
Japan and U.S. to form missile plan in case of Taiwan emergency
A U.S. Marine Corps M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) and a Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force Type 12 Surface-to-Ship Missile (12SSM) system are put on display at a symposium at a base in Kisarazu, Japan, in June 2022.
Preparations for Osaka Expo well underway amid lack of excitement
The Grand Ring, a symbol of the 2025 World Exposition in Osaka
Ishiba shelves proposal for liaison offices with North Korea amid rising tensions
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks on Saturday in Tokyo at a rally that was held by a group of families of Japanese citizens abducted by North Korea decades ago to demand the immediate return of all abductees.
'Kohaku' still matters for J-pop bragging rights
Emerging Gen Z J-pop group ME:I will perform on this year's "Kohaku Uta Gassen," national broadcaster NHK’s New Year's Eve spectacle.
How Japan can exit the fossil fuel subsidies it can’t seem to quit
A man walks past a gasoline station in Tokyo on Thursday.
An iconic 32-foot doughnut might give Randy’s an edge in Japan
Randy's Donuts in Inglewood, California. Replicas of the giant doughnut sculpture will be installed, where possible, at shops in Japan.
Tokyo’s newest three-star chef wants ‘harmony across every detail’
British-born Daniel Calvert earned his third Michelin star last month — a stunning achievement considering his restaurant, Sezanne, has only been open for just over three years.
133-year-old Kyushu railway station remains to be partially preserved
The remains of the original Moji Station in Kitakyushu
After Shohei Ohtani bump, Iwate ironware maker sees brighter future
Kaito Kikuchi's decision to send superstar Shohei Ohtani one of his company's traditional ironware tea kettles has paid off with a surge of interest from general consumers.

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